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Summary: Fatally short of code examples for user defined types
Review: This book is clinical, academic and not particularly sympathetic. It will teach you the STL if you have the mental stamina, but NOT if you are working with user-defined data. With user-defined data you are on your own.
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Summary: Lacks depth and scope
Review: This book merely states the obvious. It'll say things like this sort algorithm executes in O(n), but it won't tell you why. Reading O(n) pages like that gets you bored like O(n*n*n*n).The scope is limited to storage containers and algorithms. It doesn't cover smart pointers. It doesn't cover how STL cooperates with other libraries and operating systems. (Which is required for any application.) Many examples are overly simplified and clinically correct. After reading this you won't be able to use STL, you won't be able to explain what a quicksort is and why it's faster on a vector, and you won't know how to create your own templates. I'm truly sorry I spend money on this one.
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Summary: Great coverage of STL, but room for improvement
Review: This is a good tutorial and reference of STL, thought there is stil room for improvement, especialy in organization and presentation. None the less, it is still the most comprehensive STL book I have seen.
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Summary: Tutorial and Reference Worth Having
Review: This volume is a much improved version of the original of the same title. An additional author has come aboard. The major improvements I noticed were in the examples. There are many more examples and many more STL features now have examples showing how you can use them. The tutorial aspect of this book, which comprises the first part of the book, makes a strong case for not re-inventing the wheel, but rather using the containers, iterators and algorithms in the standard library. Practical examples come right from the start. This may take some getting used to by those who have never seen STL used before, however, the excitement is tonic. Also, the approach, of showing STL use before getting into the theories of iterator-based access, has been adopted in several subsequent C++ texts by teachers of C++ and has been found pedagogically sound. Don't overlook the precision and clarity of the (English) language discussion of the STL in the tutorial. It's worth reading every so often as a refresher. And the value of the reference section, which is easy to navigate and has everything in it that most other books dealing with STL don't is great indeed. On the whole, if you work in C++, this is a carefully put-together book that will have lasting value and continual use in your library.
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Summary: Tutorial and Reference Worth Having
Review: This volume is a much improved version of the original of the same title. An additional author has come aboard. The major improvements I noticed were in the examples. There are many more examples and many more STL features now have examples showing how you can use them. The tutorial aspect of this book, which comprises the first part of the book, makes a strong case for not re-inventing the wheel, but rather using the containers, iterators and algorithms in the standard library. Practical examples come right from the start. This may take some getting used to by those who have never seen STL used before, however, the excitement is tonic. Also, the approach, of showing STL use before getting into the theories of iterator-based access, has been adopted in several subsequent C++ texts by teachers of C++ and has been found pedagogically sound. Don't overlook the precision and clarity of the (English) language discussion of the STL in the tutorial. It's worth reading every so often as a refresher. And the value of the reference section, which is easy to navigate and has everything in it that most other books dealing with STL don't is great indeed. On the whole, if you work in C++, this is a carefully put-together book that will have lasting value and continual use in your library.
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Summary: Not the best
Review: This was one of the earlier STL books, and even with its Second Edition, it hasn't caught up much. On its own, it would deserve 3 or 4 stars, but it's expensive and there are better ones out there for your money. I think even the publisher must agree, as this book's #1 competator is also an Addison Wesley book, _The C++ Standard Library : A Tutorial and Reference_. The real problem is that this book only does the STL, not the other parts of the standard library like strings and iostreams. The typical C++ programmer looking to become more modern is going to want to know all the new stuff, not just this little slice of it. If you're already familiar with the standard library and want a book on only STL, you can consider this a 4-star rating. The book is okay for what it does, but I don't see why anyone would want it, as you're going to have to buy a second book if you get this one.
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Summary: I found MSDN more useful than this book
Review: Whenever I need help with STL, I open this book only to find that it has nothing useful on it. For those who have MSDN don't bother to buy this book.
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Summary: A first class guide to the STL
Review: Whether you're a newcomer to the STL or already know a bit about it, this is the book for you. All the major STL topics are covered in details and the examples are short enough to quickly absorb, yet detailed enough that you will understand the concepts they are dealing with. All in all this is an excellent guide to the Standard Template Library. Even when you've read it from cover to cover you'll still find it indispensible as a desktop referenc
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Summary: Useless
Review: You will be better of by reading manual from SGI website. It waist of money and time trying to buy and read this book.
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